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No Power Options Available in Windows 11? Here's the Fix!

By Hally | Last Updated

Have you ever encountered no power options available issue when you shut down or restart your Windows 11 PC? If yes and you don't know how to fix it, don't worry! Here then are a few ways to help you fix there are currently no power options available in Windows 11.

  1. Method 1: Fix Power Options Using Local Group Policy Editor
  2. Method 2: Fix Power Options Using Command Prompt
  3. Method 3: Check for Updates
  4. Method 4: Run Power through Troubleshoot
  5. Method 5: Reset This Windows 11 PC

there are currently no power options available

Method 1: Fix Power Options Using Local Group Policy Editor

Step 1: First you need to open Local Group Policy Editor, you can enter gpedit.msc on the Search box from Taskbar.

open Local Group Policy Editor

Step 2: Click Windows Settings>> Security Settings>> Local Policies>>User Rights Assignment step by step on the left pane. Then scroll to the Shut down the system on the right pane.

tap Windows Settings>> Security Settings>> Local Policies>>User Rights Assignment >> Shut down the system

Step 3: Tap on Add User or Group in the pop-up dialog box.

add user or group

Step 4: Click Advanced to continue.

tap on Advanced

Step 5: Click Find Now. When the search result appears the Windows 11 guest here, click on it and tap on the OK button.

tap Find Now

Step 6: Click OK. Continue to the next step to complete these steps.

click OK to continue

Step 7: Click OK to close the Local Group Policy Editor.

click OK to complete

Step 8: You can restart your Windows 11 PC now, and the Power option should be available.

restart Windows 11 PC to check power options

Method 2: Fix Power Options Using Command Prompt

Step 1: Search for Command Prompt on the Taskbar in Windows 11. After that, click “Run as administrator” to run the Command Prompt.

open Command Prompt

Step 2: Type the command powercfg-restoredefaultschemes and press Enter.

run the command

Please note that if the command doesn't work. You can try the other command: secedit/configure/cfg%windir%\ inf\defltbase.inf/dbdefltbase.sdb/verbose

Step 3: Restart your Windows 11 PC to check if there is power option available.

Method 3: Check for Updates

Step 1: Tap on Start menu and Tap Settings.

tap on the Start menu and tap Settings

Step 2: Tap Windows Update at the bottom on the left-hand side. Then click the Check for updates button until the Windows 11 OS has been checking.

tap Windows Update and then tap Check for updates

Method 4: Run Power through Troubleshoot

Step 1: Go to Settings>>System>>Troubleshoot.

Step 2: Select Other troubleshooters on the right-hand pane.

go to Settings>>System>>Troubleshoot>>other troubleshooters

Step 3: Scroll down to the Power button, then tap on the Run button next to it.

run the Power

Step 4: Wait for detecting issues until it fix the Start menu no power option automatically.

detecting Power issue

Method 5: Reset This Windows 11 PC

Step 1: Tap System from Settings and scroll to Recovery on the right sidebar.

tap Settings>>System>>Recovery

Step 2: Tap Reset this PC, which means you choose to keep or remove your personal files, and reinstall your Windows.

Tap reset this PC

Step 3: After that, choose an option and then start resetting this Windows 11 PC. This won't take long.

choose the Keep my files option

Conclude:

No power options are available, which is a tricky but not insoluble issue in Windows 11. You can try fast and easy with these five methods mentioned above when you run into the power options missing in the Start menu in Windows 11.